A BREATH OF SALT AIR 

Invitation : “Colors of the Sea Abstracted”

Both my representational and abstract paintings are intuitive, drawing inspiration from the colors and forms I observe in nature at the seaside. In both styles, color...

“The Ever-Changing Beauty of North Sea Harbor”

  From the small dock surrounded by sturdy wooden pilings at North Sea Harbor on Towd Point Road, a unique view of the salt marshes comes into focus. It's a...

“Light, Time, and the Hamptons: An Artist’s View”

Do you ever find yourself weary of the Hamptons' lush beauty? Even when the congested roads test your patience, a glance at the sky can reveal cloud formations and...

Capturing the Sea’s Beauty and Power

Watching an incoming storm over the water is thrilling and gorgeous. You can often be lucky enough to catch the experience at the seashore in the Hamptons.  The storm...

How to Count Waves

I watch waves, searching for the standouts that move me to paint them. I have something in common with surfers: they are also looking to take advantage of the perfect...
Aquamarine Jade Ice

Aquamarine Jade Ice

I never tire of observing and feeling the colors at the beach.  I see the beauty in Winter when the frozen bay turns into artic ivory and the branches lend only a brown gray haze of color. But I have never felt moved to paint it..and then I saw this.  Aquamarine buy...

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Winter Cloud Wave

Winter Cloud Wave

Have you ever noticed similarities in ways that puffy cumulous clouds and waves look? Both have rounded soft edges that are molded creating depth and space. They often share similar colors: mounds of soft glowing white and delicate lavender gray shadows. Waves and...

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Warm Winter Day

Warm Winter Day

Has anyone noticed how still water mirrors the sky and the land around it? I love these quiet days by the water when drinking in the calm vista makes me feel at ease. Looking out on that insistent horizon line makes me breathe in a sigh of relief.  No wonder I love it...

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Radiant Blue

Radiant Blue

Hi guys.....Now that we are full on into Winter weather I can't help but miss summer colors, maybe you are feeling that way too? I made this 4 ft x 4ft canvas in the summer but recently had to intensify the larger parcel of blue. As I lived with the painting in my...

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Blue Humidity

Blue Humidity

Some mornings by the water are undeniably blue. There are times when I cannot believe what my eyes see, can the blueness be real? Without exaggeration, it looks heavenly. The water has soft formless edges that flow into each other. The sky is a mist of saturated...

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Feeling the Season

Feeling the Season

Sketching is a profound but simple way to observe the mysteries of the changing season. I dart around the page and capture the rhythm and flow of the place.  The pen flows and skips across the surface in an attempt to note just the parts order clomid pct that help me...

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Effortless Line

Effortless Line

There is mystery held within the beauty of the seashore and it always surprises me.  I take a conscious breath as that is key to capturing the fleeting moment. Even in a quick sketch, the light of the particular alprazolam for dogs online moment is present. Only a...

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Pairings: Poetry and Images by the Sea

Pairings: Poetry and Images by the Sea

YOU ARE INVITED! The poet Susan Baran and I finally had the chance to work together to create "Pairings", a small magazine of coordinated images (drawings and paintings) and poetry we made for the 3rd Annual Zine Fair at Ille Arts in Amagansett. The fair will be next...

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Two Minute Ocean Sketches

Two Minute Ocean Sketches

Ocean Wave 2 minute Sketches 5.5" x 8.5"  ink/paper You might think that by now I would be looking out on the ocean and be almost bored by what I see.  But the sensation is just the opposite. I fall in love again and again. The ocean is always different and...

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Long Island Salt Marsh

Long Island Salt Marsh

This just completed commission of the salt marshes at Landing Lane in East Hampton, New York is a favorite spot of mine.  It is beyond any road noise so all you hear are the sounds of lapping water and a few gulls in the sky. Your eyes can stretch out a great distance...

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Can the Ocean Be Both Calm and Forceful?

Can the Ocean Be Both Calm and Forceful?

There is something hauntingly calm about this pinkish flat ocean. Then, you feel the pent up energy of the wave coming toward us full and strong. I love how the foam of a crashing wave can be both translucent and almost solidly opaque. It explodes out of the...

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Paintings: My Size

Paintings: My Size

When you are outdoors and experiencing the landscape, all your senses are involved. At the sea it is the colors you see, the salty smell, the feel of humidity on your skin and the sounds of water that come to your awareness. Looking at a two dimensional painting you...

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Tidal Pools and Salt Marsh

Tidal Pools and Salt Marsh

You know Spring is here when the morning light creates a radiant blue across the bay and the inlets.   When the fresh green sea grasses reappear after the long Winter it makes me so happy. It's hard to believe that such vivid gorgeous color is real, yet there it is....

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Ocean Wave an Emerald Surge

Ocean Wave an Emerald Surge

  It's so exciting to see the sparkling vitality of a wave crashing on to the sand as it surges with an explosive burst of upward motion.  The rhythm of the ocean is steady but every wave is a little different from the next one. I hope you will cheap propecia...

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Beach Sketching

Beach Sketching

  Getting down to the ocean with my sketchpad makes me feel free and easy. I shift from my usual random thoughts to focus only on analyzing what I see and translating it into line. Sometimes I forget how much I love drawing.  I especially love to quickly capture...

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